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{|{{Infobox Aircraft Begin
|name= HT-2
|image= File:HAL HT-2 (1).jpg
|caption=
}}{{Infobox Aircraft Type
|type= [[Primary trainer]]
|national origin= India
|manufacturer= [[Hindustan Aeronautics Limited]]
|designer=
|first flight= August 5, 1951
|introduced= 1953
|retired= 1990
|status=
|primary user= [[Indian Air Force]]
|more users= [[Indian Navy]]
|produced=
|number built= 172
|variants with their own articles=
}}
|}

The '''HAL HT-2''' is an Indian two-seat [[primary trainer]] designed and built by [[Hindustan Aeronautics Limited]] (HAL). The HT-2 was the first company design to enter production in 1953 for the [[Indian Air Force]] and [[Indian Navy|Navy]], where it replaced the [[de Havilland Tiger Moth]]. The HT-2 is a low-wing cantilever monoplane with a fixed tailwheel landing gear. Powered by a 155 hp (116 kW) [[Cirrus Major|Cirrus Major III]] piston engine, the aircraft has enclosed tandem cockpits with dual controls. Apart from military use, the aircraft was also used by Indian flying schools.{{cn|date=February 2021}}

==Operators==
;{{GHA}}
* [[Ghana Air Force]]
:12 HAL HT-2s were delivered and used between 1959 and 1974.{{cn|date=February 2021}}
;{{IND}}
* [[Indian Air Force]]
* [[Indian Navy]]

==Specifications (HT-2)==
[[File:HAL HT-2 (2).jpg|thumb|HT-2 trainer at [[Indian Institute of Science|IISc]], Bangalore]]
{{Aircraft specs
|ref=Jane's All The World's Aircraft 1953–54<ref name="jawa53 p118">Bridgman 1953, p. 118.</ref>
|prime units?=met


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|height m=2.74
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|wing area sqm=16.0
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|aspect ratio=7.13:1
|airfoil=NACA 23012
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|empty weight lb=1540
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|gross weight lb=2240
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|fuel capacity={{convert|117|L|abbr=on}}
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|eng1 number=1
|eng1 name=[[Cirrus Major|Cirrus Major III]]
|eng1 type=air-cooled four-cylinder inverted [[Straight engine|inline engine]]
|eng1 kw=
|eng1 hp=155

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|max speed kmh=
|max speed mph=130
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|cruise speed mph=115
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|stall speed mph=52
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|range km=
|range miles=350
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|endurance=3 hr 30 min
|ceiling m=
|ceiling ft=14500
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|climb rate ftmin=800
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|avionics=
}}

==See also==
* [[List of Indian aircraft]]
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|see also=
|related=
|similar aircraft=
* [[de Havilland Canada DHC-1 Chipmunk]]
|lists=
}}

==References==
{{reflist}}

*{{cite book|last=Bridgman|first=Leonard|title=Jane's All The World's Aircraft 1953–54|year=1953|location=London|publisher=Sampson Low, Marston & Company, Ltd}}
* The [[Illustrated Encyclopedia of Aircraft]] (Part Work 1982–1985), 1985, Orbis Publishing, Page 2172

==External links==
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* [http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/IAF/Aircraft/History/930-HAL-HT2.html HT-2 - India's First Powered Aircraft] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190108045923/http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/IAF/Aircraft/History/930-HAL-HT2.html |date=2019-01-08 }}

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